'Digital authoritarianism' threatening basic rights in Africa, study says
A file photo of people browsing the Internet at a cyber cafe in Mogadishu, Somalia. New research – which covered South Africa, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Nigeria, Zambia, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia and Egypt – has documented 115 examples of technologies, tactics and techniques used to control or censor the Internet. — Reuters NAIROBI: From Internet shutdowns and online surveillance to social media taxes and arrests for anti-government posts, “digital authoritarianism” is a threat to basic freedoms and rights in many African countries, researchers said on March 2. A study by the African...
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